@#$%@# - get a job and quit trying to get rich at others expense.
Had the store alarm go off this morning at 3am. My mobile get the signal followed by a call from the monitoring center. Grabbed the keys and headed up to find the front glass door smashed. Called the cops to inform them what happened. Looked thru the window and there didn't seem to be anybody in there, so I kept the cops on the phone and went in to check. All clear, no one in the store. Was told that a car was on the way.
The cops arrived quick smart and were very professional, took a bunch of pictures as I went thru the security camera footage.
3 persons, hooded walk up to the store, unwrap a hammer and smash the glass to try to get in. Alarm goes off and they split. Okay, they didn't get anything, but it really screwed up my day. What was supposed to be a full day on the water with Till, but ended up being on the phone with the insurance company and glazier to get the damage fixed.
In this day and age, while the food cost, labour cost rent are so high, every cent that comes in goes to the bank. Now I have to fork out for repairs and higher insurance at the next renewal.
I don't need this.
Once again - sorry Till for having to cancel at the last minute.
WADRay
Posts: 301
Date Joined: 20/12/09
sorry
what more can i say.....bring in corpral punishment for repeat offenders
Feral
Posts: 1508
Date Joined: 01/11/06
just ask the cops to let em
just ask the cops to let em come for a fishing trip :)
Tony Halliday
Posts: 2500
Date Joined: 14/06/07
Alfred, mate know how you
Alfred, mate know how you feel.
you need a nice big dog to sleep in the shop at night!
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It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it
"It is always in season for old men to learn." Aeschylus (525-456 BC)
"In a mad world only the mad are sane." Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998)
till
Posts: 9358
Date Joined: 21/02/08
Yeah, those vandals were
Yeah, those vandals were totally inconsiderate pricks.
Instead of fishing, I got homework done, I did the shopping and I cleaned the house!
We will make those fish pay soon Alfred!
Bluetonic
Posts: 1147
Date Joined: 09/01/08
Ha Ha! Are you suggesting
Ha Ha! Are you suggesting concrete boots should be compulsory Feral for their fishing excursion?
I think so!
Blue Sky, Blue Water, Bluetonic!
grantarctic1
Posts: 2546
Date Joined: 03/03/11
Makes your blood boil
I feel for you alfred, I stress all the time about my factory being broken into or burnt down.
as you know i had my trailer stolen last week and then recover'd it. The crack head only got charged with pocesion of stolen property.
He has walked away with a fine but was already on a suspended sentence for vehicle theft. I have no doubt that if i touch him in any way i will be charged. And he would probaly get compensation for being a victom of crime.
It seem's you work hard all your life and some shit for brains walks in and sticks one right up ya behind. Not good Mate, Hope you recover from this.
cuthbad
Posts: 1266
Date Joined: 22/04/09
what a f__kin joke!
what a f__kin joke! Possession.... how the hell did he come to "possess" it without stealing it?
Cameron71
Posts: 166
Date Joined: 02/10/10
It was easy to pin on him...
no witnesses to the theft so the thief could have been anyone - but he had the trailer so got nailed for possession of stolen property. I think its a shame they didn't have shot at receiving stolen goods, but for that, you have to prove he knew the trailer was stolen when he received it, so... back to possession. It's not ideal, but better that he gets belted for something that will stick. He'll end up inside soon anyway. One sometimes wonders whether when that happens, Bubba will come into his cell late at night....
grantarctic1
Posts: 2546
Date Joined: 03/03/11
No Justice
As alfred said, the cost of repairs and insurance is a killer. Even if nothing is taken or you recover the gear , you will never recover cost's or time.
Adam, my trailer was on his girlfriend's property, not his place of residence. So he claim's it was dropped there buy someone and alltho knowing something was not right, he dismantled it with intent to get rid of the trailer.
At least he got another charge on the mile long sheet he already has, I have no doubt i will run into this c$nt again. I wont be calling the cop's when that happen's. He will get foot up tha @ss.
This sucks alfred and i hope they get some karma for what they have done. One day someone will catch them on the job and not call the cops.
cuthbad
Posts: 1266
Date Joined: 22/04/09
Yep, the system might suck.
Yep, the system might suck. But Im a strong believer in karma, ppl like this get whats coming to them eventually!
sea-kem
Posts: 15040
Date Joined: 30/11/09
That's all I ever seem to
That's all I ever seem to paying insurance and more insurance. We had a mass breakin last year at our factory units. 9 broken into and ransacked( I was lucky as my grills are welded to the lintels)Those pricks were on drugs for sure. Sorry to hear Alfred the sad thing is it's just a fact of life these days.
Love the West!
till
Posts: 9358
Date Joined: 21/02/08
My folk's factory block in
My folk's factory block in welshpool, some assclowns broke in and stole the water pipes because they were copper!
Faulkner Family
Posts: 18086
Date Joined: 11/03/08
that sucks. quite often the
that sucks. quite often the damage outweighs the stolen property in $ terms. and thats not including the time it takes to sort everything out afterwards.
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
grantarctic1
Posts: 2546
Date Joined: 03/03/11
Copper pipe and wire
till, I knew a certain character who had a unit near my factory. He would steel copper water pipe and cable from factories ect.
He also stole a lot of other stuff from building sites. Last time i saw him was on the news. He used a pair of bolt cutters on a live power line.
Not much of him left to after that. Karma...
Maccatak
Posts: 29
Date Joined: 30/07/09
You guys are a bit harsh,
You guys are a bit harsh, these poor guys have probably had a real bad childhood and just need some counselling.
grantarctic1
Posts: 2546
Date Joined: 03/03/11
Me too
Not saying it was a good thing Maccatak, His poor family and friends suffered over the incedent. I wish no harm to anyone.
As far as stealing of people, I too had a bad childhood, No parent,s and on my own from 13 years old. what i did was get a job, not steal shit and blame every one else for my situation.
PS. This is not about you , me , or some poor guy that had a bad start in life. alfred is a hard working person and dosent need 3 hooded thug's wrecking his means or income.
Lastchance
Posts: 1273
Date Joined: 02/02/09
Damn right, Grantartic1.My
Damn right, Grantartic1.
My old junior footy coach from Wongan Hills used to tll us 'Dont get bitter, get better'. I was only 8 or so years old, but it stuck.
Too many people go around blaming everything on everyone else for their situation, instead of focusing their attention on improving it....
Cameron71
Posts: 166
Date Joined: 02/10/10
My personal view is...
that their bad childhood happened when they were children and that as adults, personal responsibility around the finer points of ownership of property is not too much to ask.
cuthbad
Posts: 1266
Date Joined: 22/04/09
haha yea I agree in part with
Maccatak yea I agree in part with what youre saying mate, but I reckon at this point it becomes one of those "too hard for a fishing forum" discussions.
that said though, karma (without that label) would be part of what is brought up in the counselling your talking about.
championruby
Posts: 459
Date Joined: 20/01/11
lol
haha
good one macca
alfred
Posts: 3097
Date Joined: 12/01/07
Must admit that I am pissed -
Must admit that I am pissed - I have done what I can for the moment and I do know that karma will eventually catch up with them.
Right now I just want to get things back on track and not have my crew scared on the night shift.
denysaputra
Posts: 1
Date Joined: 14/04/11
ezciting!!
Really axciting! i want it
soupster51
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Date Joined: 29/11/06
Unlucky
Sorry to hear about this Alfred. Yeah I'm a big believer in Karma. They'll get theirs...............
The best reason for doing what's right today is tomorrow.
Rod P
Posts: 725
Date Joined: 20/05/08
We got broken into on the
We got broken into on the 19th of April last year. (on my sons birthday) A-hole stole a boat and three days latter it was found at his house and on his car. Anyway 7 court appearances later and he got a suspended sentence(was already on a suspended sentence i should add) So anyway we were awarded coast of $2000 ish for damages to a car and stuff. Have been awarded it in court but no one not even the courts can make him pay.
So i manage to track him down at his work. Having said that he's attitude is get stuffed and if i call him again he'll get the aboriginal legal service on to me for harassment. So just organising civil courts papers that i will serve on him at his work (big hotel in Scarborough, don't leave anything valuable in rooms).
Lets hope i get to have my day in court, but honestly not holding my breath.
The law is a ass.
Oh and side point, Alfred dosn't work hard.
TonyT
Posts: 501
Date Joined: 09/07/10
its such a shame, alfreds,
its such a shame, alfreds, grantartic and rod p's storys are sad and that the bad guys always get let off way too easy.
i hope you all get justice in 1 way or another 1 day.
Alfred what type of shop do you have? where they going to steal? or were they just vandalising for fun?
good luck.
alfred
Posts: 3097
Date Joined: 12/01/07
I run a Pizza Hut and there
I run a Pizza Hut and there is almost no cash in the shop as most of it is Eftpos. The most they would have got is drinks out of the fridge.
The_Wanderer
Posts: 735
Date Joined: 24/09/08
So there "Coke" heads
So there "Coke" heads then......
alfred
Posts: 3097
Date Joined: 12/01/07
We carry Pepsi.
We carry Pepsi.
TonyT
Posts: 501
Date Joined: 09/07/10
what a bunch of muppetts
what a bunch of muppetts absolutely pointless.....
ps.
do we FW discount at your shop mate?
alfred
Posts: 3097
Date Joined: 12/01/07
When I'm there, sure.
When I'm there, sure.
abeldog
Posts: 801
Date Joined: 12/04/10
Not Much to
Say Alfred, it goes on every day.
My 19yr old daughter is studying & working as a social worker, helping young homeless people who are one step from going to jail.
She saved up to buy a car for $2500( only third party insurance ), it was stolen about six weeks ago and yet to be found.
Nothing she can do but get on with it, borrowing the family car until she can save to get another.
"People See Things As They Are & Ask Why???
We Can All Dream of Things That Never Were and Ask Why Not!!"( RK )
alfred
Posts: 3097
Date Joined: 12/01/07
I feel for her, she must be
I feel for her, she must be pissed.
abeldog
Posts: 801
Date Joined: 12/04/10
I am but
not her.
Her view is that they must be in a dark place in their lives without any respect for themselves or that of others and need help.
My view is get a fair & tough justice system in place to sought them out.
Hmmm the old Yin / Yang views on life
"People See Things As They Are & Ask Why???
We Can All Dream of Things That Never Were and Ask Why Not!!"( RK )